[Alan]

A very interesting article explaining the rules of composition --

What is a photograph? It is a story. What is a story? It is is a series of sentences connected to each other. The same is true about photography. To create a photograph, it is not enough just to take an image of something. The first impression from a photograph is determined by the composition balance of an image.

To increase the expressiveness of your digital pictures, apply the picture composition rules while taking the photos or modeling their edges.

Read more here..
http://www.colorpilot.com/comp_rules.html

[equetefue]

See I always struggle with composition because I mainly shoot birds and wildlife which moves rather fast and erratic, so I don't have time for the composition. Sometimes I cheat and just crop

[mullenite]

I don't think about composition rules and never have. I am a firm believer that if you just take the time and look at what you're shooting through the viewfinder and frame it in a way that it is eye catching you don't need to think about anything.

A lot of people look at the viewfinder, they see whats in there but don't take it in. Look through it as though you are looking at the final picture.

[equetefue]

Originally Posted by mullenite

Look through it as though you are looking at the final picture.

Great tip, too bad the birds don't see it that way